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Wakefield Park Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing a portion of a late-19th/early-20th century planned development in western Wakefield, Massachusetts. The district encompasses sixteen properties on 8 acres (3.2 ha) of land out of the approximately 100 acres (40 ha) that comprised the original development. Most of ...
Wakefield Park: Wakefield Park: March 2, 1990 : Roughly Park Ave. between Summit Ave. and Chestnut St. A late 19th century "garden suburb" residential subdivision. 86: Wakefield Rattan Co. Wakefield Rattan Co. July 6, 1989 : 134 Water St.
The Common District encompasses the main civic center of Wakefield, Massachusetts. It is centered on the historic town common, just south of Lake Quannapowitt, which was laid in 1644, when it became the heart of Old Reading. The area was separated from Reading as South Reading in 1818, and renamed Wakefield in 1868. [2]
September 28, 1987 (Sippican Harbor: Marion: 6: Blanchard Plat Historic District: February 13, 2025 (4-17 Carleton St, 10-79 Ellsworth St, 70 Highland St, 4-18 Montgomery St, 101-138 Newbury St, 3-18 North Arlington St, 195-249 West Elm St
It is suspected to have been remodeled into the federal style from an earlier home built in circa 1727. It overlooks Lake Quannapowitt, and according to a 1989 study of historic sites in Wakefield, the house is "one of Wakefield's most imposing landmarks." [2] The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]
The Elizabeth Boit House is a historic house at 127 Chestnut Street in Wakefield, Massachusetts.. Elizabeth Boit, co-founder of the Harvard Knitting Mills, also built on the west side, creating an estate compound on the summit of Cowdry's Hill that included three residences, formal gardens, a playhouse, and greenhouse.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] The junction around which the village grew was created in 1778, when the road branching northeast was laid out in the direction of Parsonsfield, Maine. Most of the houses in the district date roughly from this time to the 1820s, and are either vernacular or Federal ...
The former District No. 2 Schoolhouse stands near the northern end of the elongated village of Wakefield, on the southwest side of Wakefield Road a short way south of its junction with East Side Road. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story brick structure, with a gabled roof and granite foundation. Its corners have brick pilasters, which rise to ...